Car-stake.



' N0. 762,423. PATENTED JUNE 14, 1904. Jl I GAR STARE.

APLIoATIoN FILED un. a, 1904. No MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented June 14, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

CAlR-ST'AKE.

` SPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 762,423, dated June 14, 1904.

t Application filed March 3, 1904. Serial No. 196,427. (No model.)

To all whomJ it muy concern.;-

Beit known that I, JAMES LEWIS, a citizen of the United States, residmg at Montrose, 1n

the county of Randolph and State ofi/Vest out-of-the-way position.

The present invention has for its objectto.

provide a device of thisv class which shall possess 4superior advantages in point of simplicity, durability, and general efficiency; and

' with these and o ther ends in view the invention consists in the improved construction, arrangement, and combination of parts, which will be hereinafterv fully described, and particularly pointed out'in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings has been illustrated simple and preferred forms of embodiment of the invention', it being understood, however, that I do not necessarily limit myself to the structuralv details therein exhibited, but reserve the right to such changes, alterations, and modifications as 'come fairly within the scope of my invention and which may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing the utility of the same.

In said drawings, .Figure 1 is a side elevation showlng one form of my improved carstake, the same being attached to the side of an open car, with dotted lines showing the stake in a folded position. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation taken on the line 2 2 in Fig. 1 .and with dotted lines indicating the load-,l ine and the manner of securing the load. Fig. 3 is a sectional detail view taken. on the line 3 3 in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a side elevation illus- 't1-ating a modification. Figs. 5,- Q, and 7 are detail views illustrating other modifications. Fig. .8 is a detail view, on a reduced scale, illustrating still another modification.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are indicated by similar numerals ofreference.

My improved car-stake may be used in connection with any form or style of car that is used in connection with stakes, but in the aceompanying drawings it has been shown as connected with the'side of an ordinary open car. The car side 1 is provided with brackets 2,. with which the stake 3 is hingedly connected by means of a bolt 4 or in any other convenient and well-known manner. While in the accompanying drawings two brackets have beenshown, one upon the inside and the other upon the outside of the side member 1 of the car, it will be understood that a single bracket will be suficient to support the stake, if preferred. The stake is so disposed as to enable it to be folded down fiat to an approxi' mately horizontal position in contact with the upper edge of the car side, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. It is obvious that w-hen the stake is used in connection with a fiat-car it will be mounted tofi'old down upon the carbody adjacent to the edge of the latter and that suitable supporting .means will be provided to sustain the free end of the stake when the latter is in a lowered position.

The stake 3 is provided at one side thereof with a foot piece or support 5, wherebyit will be supported in a raised or vertical position.

Connected with the stake at suitable intervals are a plurality of links 6, and a chain 7 is connected with the uppermost of said links. This chain when the stake is not in actual use is passed through the several links, as shown in full lines in Fig. 1, and it is thereby retained in position and prevented from trailing or draggingorfrom being otherwise displaced. The extremity of the chain 7 has a hook 8 connected therewith.

In practice a set of the stakes herein described is connected with each side of the railroad-car. Material, such as lumber or logs, may then be piled to the desired height upon the car between the stakes, which are elevated to the operative position. (Illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2.) vWhen the load has been piled to the .desired height, the chains, having been released from the holding-links 6, are brought together across the load and connected with each other by connecting the hook 8 of each chain with a link of the opposite chain. When the load is not of Igreat height, the chain 7 may be suffered to remain confined in one or more of the links 6, thus enabling the chains to be stretched taut above the load-line.-

In the form of vthe invention illustrated in Figs. l, 2, and 3 the links 6 are made to face inwardly toward the car-body; but this is not essential, as will be seen by reference to Fig. 4, where the links have been shown as connected with the stake at right angles to the-position occu pied by said links in Figs. l to 3,-inelusive.

In Fig. 5 of the drawings has been illustrated a modification which consists in s/ubstituting for the links 6 yokes 9, having inturned ends l0, which engage the sides of the stake, said yokes constituting keepers which I obviously perform the same functions as the links. Another modification (illustrated in Fig. 6) shows clevises 1l substituted for the links, and in Fig. 7 keepers 12, permanently secured to the sides of the. stake, have been shown. These several forms have been merely shown in order to illustrate simple modifications of the device, which are considered entirely within the scope of the present invention. It will be readily understood that many other changes may be made without departing from the scope of the invention, which, so far as this feature is concerned, consists,`es sentially, in providing'a stake with a plurality of keepers, under which category belong the elevises and the yokes as well as the links, (illustrated in Figs. l to 4, inclusive,) and with a chain connected permanently with the uppermost keeper and threaded through one or more of the remaining keepers, as circumstances may require.

In Fig. 8 is illustrated still another modification, which consists in providing the stake with keepers consisting of staples extending through the stake and provided at their inner ends with nuts 16,' whereby they are held in position. Under'this' modification the chain has been shown as being connected directly with the top of the stake by means of a staple 17. This modified form of my improvement will be found specially applicablev to fiat-cars, where thev stakes have to be mounted adjacentto the edges of the carin order that they may be folded contiguous to the said edges.

Having thusdescribed my invention, I claimvI1. A car-stake connected hingedly with a car-body and having a laterally-extending support. i

2. The combination with a railroad-car, of a bracket, a stake connected hingedly with said bracket, and a supporting member eX- tending laterally from the lower end of Said stake.

3. A hingedly-mounted car-stake having a plurality of keepers, and a chain permanently connected with the uppermost keeper.

4. A hingedly-mounted car-stake having a laterally-extending support and provided with a plurality ,of keepers, and a chain perinanently connected with the uppermost keeper.

5. A hingedly-mounted car-stakehaving a plurality of keepers and a chain Ypermanently connected with one of said keepers and adapted to be threaded through one or more of the remaining keepers. i

6. A hingedly-mounted car-stake having a plurality of keepers hingedly connected therewith and a chain permanently connected with one of said keepers and having a hookat its free end. j

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

A JAMES LEWIS.

Witnesses:

J. R. PHILLIP, ALFA PHILLIPS. 

